NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday stopped short of calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations, saying he “should look inside his heart (…) to see if he can govern effectively.”
On ABC’s “This Week” Pelosi told George Stephanopoulos that she had confidence in state Attorney General Letitia James, who is overseeing an investigation into the governor’s conduct.
“What I said at the time, that these revelations came forward, I said what these women have said must be treated with respect. They are credible and serious charges. And then I called for an investigation,” Pelosi said.
Asked if the governor should resign, Pelosi said, “In terms of generally speaking, people have to look inside themselves and say—and Gov. Cuomo also—how effective is their leadership in leading the state under the circumstances that are there? But I do think that the women deserve to hear the results of these investigations, as does the governor.”
The California Democrat went on to say that there should be “no tolerance for sexual harassment.”
Asked again if she was calling on Cuomo to resign, Pelosi said: “I think we should see the results (of the investigation).”
“He may decide, and hopefully this result will be soon. And what I’m saying is the governor should look inside his heart—he loves New York—to see if he can govern effectively,” she said. “And that could be one of the considerations that he has.”
On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued a joint statement calling for Cuomo to resign. The senators’ statement came after nearly the entire New York congressional delegation and a majority of Democrats in the state legislature called for Cuomo to step down.
Cuomo said as recently as Friday that he does not plan to resign. He said he's focused on governing the state as the investigations play out.
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